Feb 12, 2019, 9:26 am
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23Feb LNY dimsum meetup (11am)
I’m going!
kaka
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Can’t make it
Hottub Cowboy
I’ll try....
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I’m going!
kaka
Isochronus
percysmith
Michael So
lchchester
Can’t make it
Hottub Cowboy
I’ll try....
tentseller
annual LNY dimsum meetup
Feb 11, 2019, 7:13 pm
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annual LNY dimsum meetup
sorry for the short notice due to my earlier travels
i have spoken with a few FTers and we shall hold our sort of yearly dimsum meetup on 23feb (saturday) at our good old maxims in cityhall central.
venue: maxims palace, 2/F, lower block, city hall, central
time and date: shortly after 11am, 23feb 2019 (i will get the largest table at 11am when they open- u’re welcome to wait with me but i will post the table number here shortly after 11)
i have spoken with a few FTers and we shall hold our sort of yearly dimsum meetup on 23feb (saturday) at our good old maxims in cityhall central.
venue: maxims palace, 2/F, lower block, city hall, central
time and date: shortly after 11am, 23feb 2019 (i will get the largest table at 11am when they open- u’re welcome to wait with me but i will post the table number here shortly after 11)
Feb 12, 2019, 5:25 am
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Flying back from KL that morning. With KA intra-Asia on-time history and KA busing pax to main terminal I doubt if I can make it.
Thanks for setting this up.
Thanks for setting this up.
Feb 12, 2019, 8:27 am
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Feb 12, 2019, 8:32 am
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Also, Taiwan, Vietnam and Korea all nationally observe the lunar new year. calling it “chinese” new year would be grossly inappropriate. it is as silly as speaking french to an english person imho.
talking about which, i need to commendate the staff at IC Osaka who did not annoy me with saying “chinese” new year.
Feb 12, 2019, 9:24 am
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Feb 12, 2019, 9:58 am
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because it is based on the lunar calendar and that is not only the so-called chinese observe? Lunar New Year is the gazatted holiday in Hong Kong.
Also, Taiwan, Vietnam and Korea all nationally observe the lunar new year. calling it “chinese” new year would be grossly inappropriate. it is as silly as speaking french to an english person imho.
talking about which, i need to commendate the staff at IC Osaka who did not annoy me with saying “chinese” new year.
Feb 12, 2019, 8:03 pm
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The reason I am confused is because I have asked people from Hong Kong and Vietnam and they all call it "Chinese New Year". So I guess everybody calls it what they want, but the generic term is Lunar New Year. I will continue to say Chinese New Year, because that is what everybody I know calls it. Thanks for the explanation.
theres a movement here in hk to move away from calling it cny
Feb 12, 2019, 8:29 pm
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How about calling it in some latin-like term (I'm thinking of the Canadian Victoria Cross) like Tết https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt?
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Feb 13, 2019, 2:55 am
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The reason I am confused is because I have asked people from Hong Kong and Vietnam and they all call it "Chinese New Year". So I guess everybody calls it what they want, but the generic term is Lunar New Year. I will continue to say Chinese New Year, because that is what everybody I know calls it. Thanks for the explanation.
[6:53 PM, 2/6/2019] Mah Axx: can you change the pick up time to 08:00-8:15
[6:53 PM, 2/6/2019] Mah Axx: as the driver will be busy after that
[6:53 PM, 2/6/2019] Mah Axx: all are full during the tet holiday
